Textile appaeatus



H. D. COLMAN.

TEXTILE APPARATUS. v APPLICATION man APR.27. 1910. REHEVWEDSEPT. a0.1918.

Q 1,304,661., Patented May 27, 1919.

s 6 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

' Zzvczzizv Md .0, 96,154 5 H. D. COLMAN.

TEXTILE APPARATUS. APPLICATIDN E'lLEp APILQFEWIUE RENEWED sEPT. 30.1918.

1,304,661. Q Patented May 27,1919

6 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

H. D. COLMAN.

TEXTILE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.27. 1910. RENEWED SEPT. so, 1915.

Patented May 27, 1919.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

H. D; COLMAN.

TEXTILE APPARATUS. I APPUCATION FILED APR. 27. 1910. RENEWED saw. 30,ms.

1,304,661 I Patented May 2 7, 1919.

6 SHEETSSHEET 4.

H. D. COLMAN.

TEXTILE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21. I910. RENEWED SEPT 30, [9!8.

1,304,661 A Patented May 27, 1919.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

H. D. COLMAN.

TEXTILE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2?, 1910 RENEWED SEPT. 30. 1918.

1,304,661 Patented May 27, 1919.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 6. 1/,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOWARD D. COLMAN, OE ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR-TO HOWARD D. COLMAN,LUTHER L. MILLER, AND HARRY A. SEVERSON, COPARTNERS DOING BUSINESS ASBARBER-COLIVIAN COMPANY, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

TEXTILE APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 2'7, 1919.

Original application filed February 24, 1908, Serial No. 417,250.Divided and this application filed April 27,

1910, Serial No. 557,859.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HowAnn D. CoLMAN, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Rockford, in the county of IVinnebago and.

State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTextile Apparatus, of which the following is a specification. i i

This invention relates to an improved means for presenting textileelements and loom elements, as, for example, warps, loom harnesses andloom reeds, to an operating mechanism. In the present embodiment theinvention is illustrated as applied to amachine for drawing warp threadsthrough harnesses and reeds.

The object of the invention, generally stated, is to economize the timeof textile machines, as for instance, warp-drawing machines. It isalways desirable to make the output of a machine as large as possible,and this is especially true when the machine is expensive, as in thecase of a warp-drawing machine Obviously one method of increasing theoutput of a machine is to keep it in operation as nearly continuously aspossible.

A considerable amount of time is necessarily expended in arranging awarp, a set of harnesses and a reed for presentation to a warp-drawingmachine. During the inter- "als between its operation upon successivesets of elements, the machine, as heretofore arranged, has necessarilybeen idle, and it v on. the warp carriage.

suitable construction.

Renewed September 30, 1918. Serial No. 256,365.

an arm mounted on the truck. Fig. l is a in and the warp carriage andharness and reed carriage as withdrawn from the mechanism. Fig. 6represents the truck as removed from the .w arp-drawing machine, and theharness and reed carriage as having been placed temporarily upon certainsupports Fig. 7 is a sectional View through the harness and reedcarriage [and a part of the warp carriage, thereed .andthe harnessesalso being shown in sec .tion- Fig. 8 is a: fragmental view of theharness and'reed carriage. mental viewof the warp carriage with a Fig. 9is a fragdrawn-in warp thereon. Fig. 10 illustrates a device adapted tobe removably connected to the warp carriage.

The warp-drawing machine may be of any I have herein illustrated amachine substantially similar to the one illustrated in Patent No.1,115,399, dated October 27, 1914, to which patent reference may be hadfor a detailed description of the machine.

The warp-drawing machine herein shown comprises a bed A supported uponlegs A. The drive shaft A is rotatably mounted in suitable bearings uponthe bed A, and has at its outer end a tight pulley A and a loose pulleyA Driven from the shaft A in a suitable manner is a rock shaft A alinedwith and drivinga screw-threaded shaft B for feeding the warp-supportingcarriage.

At the rear side of the bed are two upwardly-extending arms A whichcarry a fixed guide rail A extending throughout 'but showing the warp ascompletely drawn the length of the machine. Said rail supports thecarriages for the harnesses and the reeds. In the upper edge of the railA is a groove A, (Fig. 5), and in the lower edge of the rail is a rabbetor guideway A.

The parts thus far described are similar to those shown in the saidpatent. The bed A of the present machine, however, has been made longerat the head end or receiving end of the machine, and theharnesscarriage-supporting rail A and the warpcarriage-supporting andfeeding shaft 'B have been correspondingly lengthened.

The operating mechanism is indicated d1- agrammatically at D in Fig. 1.

The warp-drawing machine comprises a plurality of carriages for warpsand a plurality of carriages for harnesses and reeds, preferably twowarp carriages and two har ness and reed carriages being provided. Eachharness and reed carriage may, if desired, be identical in constructionwith the one illustrated in the said patent and as herein shown. Itcomprises end frames (1 (Fig. 7 and two upper connecting rods Q G theharnesses being supported from sald rods, as indicated in Figs 7 and 8.The harness and reed carriage is provided with rollers C adapted to runin the groove A of the rail A and other rollers C adapted to run in theguideway A in said rail.

The warp carriages may be of any suitable form, as for instance, thatillustrated in the before-mentioned patent, and as shown herein. Each ofsaid carriages consists, in this instance, of a framework B having awarp clamp B (Fig. 3) at its upper edge and a warp clamp B at its loweredge. In order that the warp threads may be placed under tension afterthey have been secured in the clamps B and B the clamp B is pivoted tothe framework B at B and is swung away from the clamp B by means oflinks B a rock shaft 13 and hand levers B,

V as indicated in Fig. 1 herein and as fully illustrated and describedin said patent. Said hand levers have been omitted from Figs. 2 to 6.The carriage is arranged to be slidably supported upon thescrew-threaded feed shaft B and the rock shaft A by means of feet 13*,which feet are not screwthreaded. At the rear end of each warp carriageis a half nut B (Fig. 1) adapted to engage with the feed shaft B, saidnut being arranged to be thrown into and out of engagement with thescrew shaft in any suitable manner, as, for example, that illustratedand described in said patent.

WVhile a warp is being operated upon by the mechanism D, the carriagecontaining the warp stands upon the screw shaft B and the rock shaft Athe carriage being supported in a substantially upright posi tion byreason of the fact that the portion C (Fig. &) of said carriage restsagainst a stationary portion A upon the warp-drawing machine.

In the operation of the warpdrawing machine, the threads supported in acarriage B are drawn through the eyes of harnesses and the spaces.of areed supported in a harness and reed carriage C, said carriagestraveling past the operating mechanism. A carriage B and a carriage Cwill be hereinafter termed, for convenience, a set of carriages. For usein handling each set of carriages there is provided a truck 1 which maybe of any suitable form. It is herein shown as comprising two sills 2and two uprights or standards 8 rigidly connected together by means ofbars 4: and pieces 5. The parts 2, 4, and 5 constitute a base, at theside of which the standards 3 are located. The base is mounted uponcasters 6 so that it may be moved into and out of operative relationwith the warp-drawing machine, and so that it may be traversed alongsidesaid machine. The rear ends of the sills 2 have fixed thereto stops,alining devices or distance members 7 (Figs. 4; and 49 arranged to. lieagainst a shaft 8 supported in the warp-drawing machine frame near thefloor and extending longitudinally of said machine. Said shaft may bedriven in any suitable way, as, for instance, by means of a belt 9running over a pulley 10 on the shaft A and a pulley 11 on a stub shaft12, the latter shaft carrying a pinion 13 which meshes with a spur gearwheel l i on the shaft 8. The shaft 8 is screw-threaded throughout thegreater portion of its length.

Upon one of the sills 2 is pivoted an arm 15 carrying a half-nut 16which is adapted to engage the screw-threaded shaft 8 for moving thetruck 1 longitudinally of the warp-drawing machine. The arm 15 may havea rearward extension carrying a foot piece 17 for convenience inthrowing the half-nut into and out of operative position.

Upon the forward side of the truck 1 is a bar 18 upon which is mounted apair of posts 19 for supporting the journals of a loom beam (1. Theseposts are omitted from Fig. Preferably the posts 19 are adjustable inposition to accommodate beams of different lengths. They are hereinshown as slotted and as being clamped in adjusted position on the bar 18by clamping bolts 20.

Two arms 21 and 22 are pivoted upon the uprights 3 to swing in avertical plane. The arm 22 has a notch 23 (Fig. 3) in its outer end toreceive a projection 24 upon one end of a warp carriage B. The other armis also arranged to support one end of a warp carriage and is providedwith suitable means for preventing undesired movement of the frame withrelation to the arms 21 and 22. In this instance, an annular clamp 25 isprovided upon the outer end of the arm-21 and within said clampismounted a disk 26 having a non-circular opening 27 therein to receivea correspondingly shaped projection 28 upon one end of the warpcarriage. The annular clamp 25 may be tightened'by means of a screw 29to frictionally clamp the disk 26 so that while the warp carriage may beturned by the operator it shall be held against gravitational movement.

The arms 21 and 22 are arranged to be swung by means of hand levers 30pivoted upon the uprights 3 and connected to said arms by means of links31, said links having a pin and slot connection with the arms. 32

vare pins-for limiting the pivotal movement of the hand levers 30 in onedirection. The pivotal movement of said hand levers in the oppositedirection is limited by the engagement of the links 31 with the pivotalsupports of the hand levers, as shown in Fig. 2. The hand levers 30 arefixed upon a rock shaft 33 (Fig. 1). so as to move together.

For holding. the sheet of warp threads up out of the way of the operatorso that he may have access to the forward side of the warp-drawingmachine, I provide a guide or cross bar carried by arms 35 whicharepivot-ed at 36 to the upper ends of the uprights 3. The arms 35 areextended below their pivots, and to theseextended ends are connectedcoiled tension springs 37 which tend to hold the cross bar in either ofthe two positions shown in Figs. 2 and 4. 38 is a stop pin for limitingpivotal movement of the arms 35 in one direction. The warpsupport'orguide 34 '35 has been omitted.

from Fig. 1 in the interest. of clearne ss,

To prevent undesired rotation of. the loom beam at, suitable means maybe provided, as, for example, a bar 39 arranged to be laid across a rod40 fixed in the truck frame. See Fig. 2. One end of the bar 39 is bentinto suitable form to contact the gear teeth upon the beam, and theother end of said bar is adapted to be depressed by the foot oftheoperator to press the brake end of the bar against said teeth. Whenthe brake is no longer needed the bar 39 is withdrawn.

Fixed upon the upper part of each warp carriage B- are two notchedbrackets 41 for supporting the harnessand reed carriage, the latterhaving pins C (Figs. 6 and 8) adapted to rest upon said brackets, aswill appear hereinaften A pair of curved fingers 42 (Figs. 5 and 10) arearranged to be removably connected with the upper end of each warpcarrlage. The connecting means may be of any suitable character; forexample, the fingers may have hooked or bent ends 43 to enter sockets 44on the upper bar of the warp carriage. Said fingers are of sufiicientlength to-support the bars 0 C of a harness and reed carriage, as willappear more fully hereinafter.

One method of using the apparatus hereindisclosed will now bedescribed:

Fig. 2 shows a truck 1 with its parts in position for the commencementof the loading operation. -The cross bar or guide 34 is down, andthearms 21 22 arein their low ered position, with a warp carriage B inplace on said arms, and in inverted position. A loom beam a having a newwarp b thereon is placed upon the support 19, the free end of the warpbeing held in a clamp of anycommon or preferred construction, such as anordinary plush clamp 0. The warp is then carried over the guide 34 andthe clamp B of the warp carriage B, as shown in Fig. 2. After carryingthe warp over the clamp B the operator prevents the warpbeam from Irevolving by means of the foot brake lever 39 while pulling the warpinto'a smooth even sheet, the threads slipping through the plush clamp cas tension is placed upon them. The warp is then secured in the clamp13*, and the warp carriage B rotated upon its supports in the arms 21and 22 in tion of the sheet' extending between the clamps B and B isstretched or tensioned by means of one of the hand-levers "B? asexplained in the patent hereinbefore re- 2 ferred to. The warp support34 may then be swung up into its operative position. The

warp carriage is now ready to be placed upon its supports in thewarp-drawing machme, but before that 1s done a harness and reed carnageC containing harnesses and a reed is placed upon the-head end of therail" A and moved into operative relation with the mechanisml), thesides of the eye-spacer mechanism having been separated to admit thecarriage C, as described in-the beforementioned patent. In placing thewarp carriage B on the warp-drawing machine, the operator raises one ofthe hand levers 30 into the position shown in Fig. 5, thereby raisingthe warp carriage to the height indi-- cated in said figure. The truckis then pushed up to the warp-drawing machine and the hand lever loweredinto the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, thereby lowering thewarp carriage B onto its supports in the machine, the warp carriage Bthen being nearly opposite-Orin front of the harness and reed carriageO. The warp carriage B being arranged to be sensitively fed by the shaftB, it is necessary to disconnect the truck 1 from the warp carriage,which is accomplished by lifting the projection 24 out of the notch 23in the arm 22 and drawing the projection 28 out of the opening 27. Thearms 21 and 22 are thereupon swung up out of the way, as shown in fulllines in Fig. 4. The lateral tension or deflection is put upon thethreads as described in the before-mentioned patent, the Warp carriageis advanced by the operator until the first warp thread is near theselector, the half-nut 16 on'the truck is thrown into engagement withthe screw shaft 8, and the half-nut B on the warp carriage is placed inengagement with the screw shaft B. The warp-drawing machine being placedin operation, the harness and reed carriage C and the warp carriage Bare fed past the operating mechanism, and the truck 1 is moved along thefront of the machine by means of the screw threaded shaft 8 engaging thehalf-nut 16.

While the machine is operating upon the warp, harnesses and reedcontained in the set of carriages just referred to, another set ofcarriages B and C is loaded.

When the first warp has been drawn in, the machine stops. The operatorthen opens up the eye-spacer mechanism, disengages the half-nut 16 fromthe feed shaft 8, and pushes the harness and reed carriage and the warpcarriage forward along the machine until said carriages are clear of theoperating mechanism D, the operator steadying the warp carriage afterthe latter has passed the ledge A The operator then lowers the arms,

21 and 22 and engages said arms with the projections 24 and 28 on thewarp carriage; lowers the clamp B by means of one of the hand levers 13;places the hooks 42 in the sockets 44 and swings said hooks under thetop bar C of the carriage C; operates the hand lever 30 to withdraw thewarp carriage and the harness and reed carriage from the warp-drawingmachine, as shown in Fig. 5, and then rolls the truck, bearing thedrawnin warp, the harness and reed carriage and the warp carriage, awayfrom the warpdrawing machine. The operator then places the second set ofcarriages and the second truck in operative relation to the machine, andsets the latter in operation. The first harness and reed carriage isthen lifted off the fingers 42 and suspended on the supports 41 on thewarp carriage, so as to provide slack in the threads between the clamp13 on the one hand and the harnesses and the reed on the other, and tobring the harness eyes into approximately a plane with the clamp B asshown in Fig. 7. The thread ends projecting through the reed are thendrawn up and tied in small bunches, the fact that the harness eyes areapproximately in a plane with the warp clamp 13 enabling the operator todraw the threads up to substantially the same length. The clamp B maynow be opened to release the warp. The carriage C is next removed fromthe harnesses and the reed, leaving the harnesses and the reed hangingon the warp; the Warp carriage is lowered by means of one of the handlevers 30 into its lowest position; the beam is revolved to draw theharnesses and the reed up to the guide 34; and then while continuing torevolve the beam the operator swings the guide 34 down into inoperativeposition, the rotation of the beam keeping the warp taut so that thethreads shall be wound parallel on the beam; the harness and the reedare laid on the beam and tied to it; and the beam removed from thetruck. The first truck is now ready to be used in placing another warpin the Warp carriage on said truck.

It will be seen that while the machine is operating upon the secondwarp, the operator is getting the drawn-in warp ready to be sent to theweave room, and is preparing a third warp and third set of harnesses andreed for reception in the warp-drawing machine. The machine may be keptin operation substantially all of the time, thereby greatly increasingits output.

It will be understood that while I have described the apparatus asembodied in a warp-drawing system, the broad features thereof areapplicable'to a warp-tying apparatus. It will also be understood thatthe invention herein described is applicable to warp-drawing machines ofother forms than that herein alluded to, and that various changes may bemade in the truck and associated apparatus without departing from thespirit of the invention.

This application is a division of application Serial No. 417,250, filedFebruary 24, 1908.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination, with a warp-drawing machine having acarriage-feeding element and a warp carriage adapted to removably engagesaid feeding element, of a truck hav ing pivoted arms arranged to engagesaid carriage; and means for moving said arms to move the carriage withrelation to the feeding element.

2. The combination, with a warp-drawing machine having acarriage-feeding shaft, a carriage-supporting member, and a warpcarriage adapted to rest upon and engage said shaft and lean againstsaid member, of a truck having arms engageable with said carriage; andmeans for pivotally moving said arms to move the carriage with relationto said shaft and member.

3. In a transfer device for transferring the work with relation to aWarp-drawing machine, the combination, with a transfer truck, of uprightwarp beam supports thereon, and pivoted harness transfer supportscarried by said truck.

4. The combination, with a warp-drawing machine havingharness-supporting means, of a movable transfer device having harnesssupports, said supports being adapted to be brought into cooperativerelation to the supporting means on the machine to permit thetransference of the harness from the ma chine to the transfer device,and means for alining' said transfer device into the re-.

quired relation with said machine such transference. v V

5. The combination, with a warp-supporting frame comprising two parallelclamps, of means for supporting the frame for rotation-upon an axisextending parallel with and between the clamps.

6. The combination of means for supportprior to ing a warp beam, awarp-supporting frame of a beam truck having means for removing thecarriagefrom the machine.

,9. The combination, with a warp-drawing machine having a removable warpcarriage, of a beam truck having means for-placing the carriage upon andremoving it from the machine.

10. The combination, with a warp-drawing machine having a removableharness carriage, of means for removing the carriage from the machine, 5

11. The combination of a warp-drawing machine having. a movablynmountedwarp carriage, said carriage having a clamp for supporting-warp threads,and means on said carriage for supporting harnesses through which thethreads have been drawn, the threads extending from the clamp andthrough the harnesses.

12. A warp-drawing machine having, in combination, a main frame, a warpcarriage and a harness carriage both movably mounted on said frame andmeans on one of said carriages forsupport'ing the other.

13. The combination, with. a warp-drawing machine, of a truck adapted tobe placed alongside the warp-drawing machine and comprising a wheeledbase, two standards located one at each side of the base, and awork-supporting arm pivoted to each standard and adapted to extendtoward the warp drawing machine. 7

14. A truck arranged .to serve a machine for operating upon warps, saidtruck having means to rotatably support a warp beam, arms pivoted onsaid truck, and a cross-bar supported by said arms for holding thethreads elevated between the beam and the machine, said arms beingarranged to swing to carry the crossbar down and toward the beam.

15. A truck adapted to serve a machine for operating upon warps, saidtruck having means thereon for releasably clamping the warp carriage ofsuch a machine.

16. A truck arranged to serve a machine for operating upon warps, saidtruck having means thereon for releasably .clamping the warp carriage ofsuch a machine, and means for raising and lowering said clamping means.I

17. A truck arranged to serve --a machine. for operating upon warps,said truck having swinging means thereon-for supporting the warpcarriage of such a machine, said means being adapted to releasably.clamp the carriage.

18. A truck arranged to serve a machine for operating upon warps, saidtruck having thereon two pivoted arms adapted to support the warpcarriage of such a machine and meanson one of said arms for releasablyclamping the carriage.

19. A'truck arranged to serve a machine for operating upon warps,warp-carriagesupporting members pivotally'supported on said truck, meanson one of said arms for releasably clamping the carriage, a hand lever,and a link connection between said hand lever and saidcarriage-supporting members.

2() The combination of a supporting struc- I ture, twowarp-frame-supporting arms pivoted to said structure, a hand lever, twolinks connected to said-hand lever, and a lost-motion connection betweeneach linkand one of saidarms. I

21. A- truck arranged to serve a machine for operating upon warps,saidtruc'k having at one side a supportfor a loom beam, and at itsopposite side a support'for a warp frame, anc'l'intermediate saidsupports a support for the sheet of warp threads extending between thebeam and the warp frame, said last mentioned support being withdrawableout of operative position.

22. The combination, in a warp-drawing apparatus, of a drawing-inmechanism; a frame for supporting a warp; a frame for supporting aharness; means on one-of said frames for engaging the other frame; andmeans for removing the frame carrying said engaging means, .to removeboth frames from operative relation to the mechanism. 23. In awarp-drawing machine, a removable warp carriage, a removable harnesscarriage, and means on one of said carriages to engageand support theother carriage.

24. In a warp-drawing machine, a removable warp carriage, a removableharness carriage, and harness-carriage-supporting fingers removablyconnected to said warp carriage.

25. The combination, with a warp-drawing machine having a removableframe to contain some of the elements to be operated upon, of a truckmovable toward and away from the warp-drawing machlne, said truck havingmeans thereon for engaging said frame; and means for operating saidengaging means to remove said frame from the machine and for returningit thereto.

I 26. A truck arranged to serve a machine for drawing in warps, saidtruck having a support for a loom beam, means at one side of. the truckfor supporting loom harness, means intermediate the beam support and theharness support for supporting a sheet of threads extending between thebeam and the harness, and truck-positioning means located on the sameside of the truck'as the harness-support.

27. An apparatus for facilitating the drawing of warps through loomharness, consisting of a truck having means to support a warp-beam, andharness-supporting members carried at one side of the truck andinsertible into a warp-drawing machine to receive the harness.

28. An apparatus for facilitating the drawing of warps through loomharness, consisting of a truck having truck-positioning means at oneside, and harness-supporting means at the same side and insertible intoa warp-drawing machine to receive the harness.

29. In a warp-drawing apparatus, the combination with a warp-drawingmachine comprising drawing means, a warp support, and loom-harnesssupporting means, of a truck having means to support the loomharness,said last mentioned meansv being laterally insertible into the machine.

30. The combination, with a warp drawing machine having harnesssupporting devices, of a movable transfer device having movable harnesssupports for holding one or more harnesses, said supports being adaptedto be brought into cooperative relation to the supporting devices on thema chine to permit the transference of the harnesses from the machine tothe transfer device.

31. The combination, with a warp drawing machine having supportingdevices for loom elements, of a transfer device having means forsupporting loom elements thereon, said supporting means being adapted tobe brought into cooperative relation with the supporting devices on thewarp drawing machine to permit the transference of said loom elementsfrom the machine to the transfer device, and means for alining saidtransfer device into the required relation with said machine prior to'said transference.

32. The combination, with a warp drawing machine having means forsupporting a plurality of harnesses in parallel, separated arrangementthereon, of an unload-v 33. The combination with a warp drawing machinehaving means for supporting a plurality of harnesses and a reed thereonin a generally parallel but separated arrangement, of an unloadingdevice comprising a movable support, and means thereon for holding theharnesses andreed, said device being adapted to be brought intocooperative relation with said warp drawing machine to' permit thetransference of said harnesses and reed from the machine to theunloading device.

34:. The combination, with a warp-drawing-machine, of a portable loadingor unloading device having means for supporting the removable loomelements of said warp-drawing machine, said supporting means including awarp beam support adjustable'to accommodate warp beams of dif-- ferentlengths.

'35. A truck arranged to serve a machine for drawing warp threadsthrough loom elements, said truckhaving a support for a loom beam, and abar to support a sheet of drawn-in warp threads intermediate the beamand the loom elements, said bar being withdrawable out of operativeposition. 7

'36; Ina transfer device for transferring the work with relation to awarp drawing machine, the combination, with a transfer truck, of harnesssupporting means comprising a pair-of transfer arms, and meanssupporting said arms for swinging move ment'upon the truck to permittheir withdrawal from the warp-drawing machine.

37. The combination, with a warp drawing machine, of a transfer devicefor transferring the work relatively to the warpdrawing machine, thesaid transfer device having'a Warp beam holder and collapsible harnesssupporting devices atthe ends of said holder. e

88. In a transfer device for a warp-drawing machine, the combination ofasupporting frame for carrying the warp beam, and collapsible harnesssupports exclusively at the ends thereof, said supports leaving anintermediate unobstructed space.

39. In a transfer device for transferring the work with relation to awarp-drawing machine, the combination, with upright supports, ofswingingly mounted harnessat each side of the base, and aWork-supcarrying and transfer arms thereon, said porting arm pivoted toeach standard.

arms projecting at one side of said upright HOWARD D COLMAN supports.

&O. A truck for serving a Warp-drawing Witnesses: machine, comprising abase, Wheels for sup- JOHN F. ELWooD, porting the base, two standardslocated one LOUISE A. CULVER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

